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Acephalous :: Acephalous (a.) Wanting the beginning.

Acephala :: Acephala (n. pl.) That division of the Mollusca which includes the bivalve shells, like the clams and oysters; -- so called because they have no evident head. Formerly the group included the Tunicata, Brachiopoda, and sometimes the Bryozoa. See Mollusca..

Acephali :: Acephali (n. pl.) A fabulous people reported by ancient writers to have heads.

Maleo :: Maleo (n.) A bird of Celebes (megacephalon maleo), allied to the brush turkey. It makes mounds in which to lay its eggs..

Acephalocyst :: Acephalocyst (n.) A larval entozoon in the form of a subglobular or oval vesicle, or hydatid, filled with fluid, sometimes found in the tissues of man and the lower animals; -- so called from the absence of a head or visible organs on the vesicle. These cysts are the immature stages of certain tapeworms. Also applied to similar cysts of different origin..

Acephal :: Acephal (n.) One of the Acephala.

Microcephalous :: Microcephalous (a.) Having a small head; having the cranial cavity small; -- opposed to megacephalic.

Acephali :: Acephali (n. pl.) A Christian sect without a leader.

Acephalan :: Acephalan (a.) Belonging to the Acephala.

Acephalocystic :: Acephalocystic (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the acephalocysts..

Acephalous :: Acephalous (a.) Deficient and the beginning, as a line of poetry..

Tunicata :: Tunicata (n. pl.) A grand division of the animal kingdom, intermediate, in some respects, between the invertebrates and vertebrates, and by some writers united with the latter. They were formerly classed with acephalous mollusks. The body is usually covered with a firm external tunic, consisting in part of cellulose, and having two openings, one for the entrance and one for the exit of water. The pharynx is usually dilated in the form of a sac, pierced by several series of ciliated slits, and se

Acephalous :: Acephalous (a.) Headless.

Acephalous :: Acephalous (a.) Without a leader or chief.

Megacephalous :: Megacephalous (a.) Large headed; -- applied to animals, and to plants when they have large flower heads..

Acephalous :: Acephalous (a.) Without a distinct head; -- a term applied to bivalve mollusks.

Acephalous :: Acephalous (a.) Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries..

Acephalist :: Acephalist (n.) One who acknowledges no head or superior.

Acephalan :: Acephalan (n.) Same as Acephal.

Encephalous :: Encephalous (a.) Having a head; -- said of most Mollusca; -- opposed to acephalous.

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